The Stilton Trail

Erected in 1826, and fitted with a drinking cup in 1895, it was used until 1936.The surrounding area was refurbished for the Millennium and a Time Capsule buried here.

Not one of our architectural treasures today, but old photographs show a rather forbidding-looking Methodist chapel standing on this corner site.

Former pub – The Wheatsheaf. More recently a youth drop-in centre but now a private house.

Once home to French officer PoWs from the camp. The buildings at the rear used to be a blacksmith’s during the coaching era.

Used as a Dame School in the late 1880s.

C17^th. The Manor holdings date to 1086.

Also once a Dame School. Note the unusual arched windows.

Thanks to the talents of a local architect, the completely rebuilt mortuary chapel is almost indistinguishable from its original form but provides a remarkably spacious and valuable village facility. Around it in the cemetery you will find some interesting memorials.

Founded in 1845, it had two classrooms, two playgrounds and an outside toilet block. Now a private house.

Now also a private house; recently extended.

The nave arches are C13^th, but there is evidence that the stone church was built on a pre-existing site. The building has been altered many times, the smart new meeting room being added in 1993. Look for the grave of Cooper Thornhill in the churchyard.

A fine rambling house with a  Collyweston roof. The paddock oak was a sapling in 1780.

Opened in 1963 and later extended to meet growing demand. An excellent Playgroup and after-school club share the grounds.

A typical Georgian farmhouse

A former coaching inn at least 400 years old; the original archway can be seen above the larger front window. It is now a popular ‘local’. Look for the Stilton cheese in the stained glass window.

Formerly a pair of C18^th timber-framed cottages. Once home to an officer from the Norman Cross PoW camp.

Dedicated in 1923 as a village hall and memorial to Stilton’s war dead. Following the opening of Stilton Pavilion in 2017 it passed into private ownership. The commemorative plaque and clock are being resited elsewhere in the village.

Formerly the George, and originally in the building next door! Now a popular pub/restaurant, it was once an inn for the common man – pig drovers used to pen their livestock at the rear. Both the George and the Talbot were owned by the Church until the Dissolution in the 1500s.

This modest row of cottages are among the oldest remaining buildings in Stilton.

An C18^th stone front to a C17^th house

This charming terrace of (originally) six houses was built in 1868 as a charitable bequest of Frances Worthington, the widow of William Worthington, landlord of the Angel Inn. The Charity was created to provide housing for ‘three poor men and three poor women of Stilton’.

Dates back at least to 1500, probably very much older; the well in the courtyard is believed to date from Roman times. The wrought-iron sign is a modern replica of the original flamboyant sign which was so heavy that it had to have its own prop standing in the road! The Bell is now one of the finest inns in the country, and offers excellent food, beer and accommodation.

Originally of three stories, it occupied the entire corner site and had stabling for 300 horses. It vied with the Bell for pre-eminence in the coaching era and in the early C19^th was run by Miss Worthington, a redoubtable lady who also laid claim to having popularised Stilton cheese. The Angel now houses an excellent Indian restaurant. At the rear is the popular S-Bar public house.